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  • The New Foundations of Evolution : On the Tree of Life

    On the Tree of Life

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    This is the story of a profound revolution in the way biologists explore life's history understand its evolutionary processes and reveal its diversity. It is about life's smallest entities deepest diversity and greatest cellular biomass: the microbiosphere. Jan Sapp introduces us to a new field of evolutionary biology and a new brand of molecular evolutionists who descend to the foundations of ... Leer más

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  • Coexistence

    The Ecology and Evolution of Tropical Biodiversity

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    This book is about tropical biology in action- how biologists grapple with the ecology and evolution of the great species diversity in tropical rainforests and coral reefs. Tropical rainforests are home to 50% of all the plant and animal species on earth, though they cover only about 2% of the planet. Coral reefs hold 25% of the world's marine diversity, though they represent only 0.1 % of the ... Leer más

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    Genes, Germs and Medicine explores the development of modern biomedical science in the United States through the life of one of the Twentieth Century's most influential scientists.Joshua Lederberg was a scientific renaissance man. He and his collaborators founded the field of bacterial genetics, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize at the age of 33 (the second youngest in history). He helped to lay ... Leer más

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